Pastorals Epistles Odes (1748)/To the Memory of the late Earl of Halifax

by Ambrose Philips

 

To the Memory of the late

EARL of HALIFAX.

June 30, 1718.

EEPING o'er thy sacred urn,
Ever shall the muses mourn;
Sadly shall their numbers flow,
Ever elegant in woe, 4

 Thousands, nobly born, shall dy,
Thousands in oblivion ly,
Names, which leave no trace behind,
Like the clouds before the wind, 8
When the dusky shadows pass,
Lightly fleeting o'er the grass.

 But, O Halifax, thy name
Shall through ages rise in fame:12
Sweet remembrance shalt thou find,
Sweet in every noble mind.